Thanks to any who read and pitied, but suddenly I'm able to again access Dave's (wonderful) website, and I've saved the image from it that I need. I'll be sure...
My feeling about the Birdwatcher design is that it is very good, and very clever, and a good choice for some work, but the advantages do not exceed the...
... to ... with ... Hi Given that even the very first Birdwatcher had an outboard mounted, I feel that a transom stern would allow a much neater outboard ...
Used to be bumper stickers in Oregon that said, "Don't Californicate Oregon." Times have changed. --FrankB ... From: Michael Casling [mailto:casling@...]...
... Good ideas, though the carbon fiber is pretty pricey. ... In the photos of the prototype Jochems on Lake Powell, the curtains had an odd look. Probably...
... Then the new configuration could be called a watcher of another name that rhymes with bird in honor of the effluent outfall in your local harbor. Chris...
Over in the Bolger group there is a discusion about one of Bolger's new designs, the Wandervogel. It has birdwatcher roots but is more of a cross between...
Ah, from my memory there were two boats in that years contest based on Birdwatcher. This is the other boat. The one I was thinking of looked short, and kind of...
... As narrow as that, do you think? That's pretty slim to get facing seats inside. My 22 footer is 8' wide and not especially beamy. I'll be very interested...
Interesting kayak like boat. At the bottom of the page is a link to a gadget that allows you to walk on water. I don't know how well you can walk, there are...
Well, at last, here You are Lew: http://www.varpo.fi/galleria/luettelo.php?id=johtajaretki04 Details perhaps worth noticing: oarlocks, counterweighed oars,...
re: this boat--> http://www.friend.ly.net/~dadadata/short/sci_am/scow_1876.html If built to 10ft x 4ft x 12in., of 1 x 12 pine how much of a load would this...
I had meant to leave of the BW discussion, bu... What about docking? After one comes alongside a dock, can a singlehander get from the inside to the outside...
This is what power boaters do all the time, they have the scars to prove it. With the bird boat at least there is not a lot of mass so the impact should be...
... Actually, there are dozens of designs about which this argument is spot on. Ever try this on a 21 foot cat while power boats are milling around everywhere...
... Living on the West Coast of Vancouver Island once upon a time, I had to coastal hop during favourable weather windows. I've seen lots of people who didn't...
When Suzanne and Mason sailed the BW back in they dropped the sail and it insantly came to a halt alongside the other boat they tied up to. They said that due...
I've posted a few old pics I had of a BW called Poco. It looks like Airex foamcore, with an aluminum deck structure. The mast is stayed. The curve of the...
Just searched through my old archived webpages and found the boat was Little Big Boat A Junk Rigged Tralier Cruiser by Michael Surface "The Little Big Boat is...
That doesn't sound good. That it stops immediately means that it has a lot of drag. I notice my designs where I try to minimize drag, they will keep going and ...
... Hmmm, may not be that simple. It has to do with the wetted surface and the momentum. Your OSS (with you in it) has a lot more mass per sq ft of wetted...
Peter: I think wetted surface is waayy overrated. And form drag far underrated. Especially at low speeds. At low speeds, there's almost no wetted surface drag....
From: pvanderwaart <pvanderwaart@...> ... I was just re-reading Bolger, in SBJ#77 writing of a speculation of a 13 foot 'utility rowing boat'. He argues...
Get a broom handle and stick it in the water, at one knot there is very little drag at six knots it is hard to hold onto, so form drag increases with speed. If...
